The Collector Connection Episode 3: With Special Guests Randy Falk From NECA Toys

Sean Long, Pixel Dan, Shartimus Prime and JayC talk with NECA Toys' Randy Falk about many of their exciting lines including Pacific Rim, Predator, Robocop and more. Randy also shares some very interesting insights about how things in the toy industry work and why we see things like companies putting out figures with less articulation and such.

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EvilHayato

2013-10-24
8:14 pm

[quote name='butcherdeliz' timestamp='1382180349' post='16803047']
P.S. Another series that can benefit from being a NECA toy is probably Spartacus. Too bad the show is already over so that ship has already sailed. But who knows, maybe the rights holder or owner are still ... read more

butcherdeliz

2013-10-19
10:59 am

Yes. I feel NECA should pursue the Game of Thrones license. Its one of the hottest shows in TV and has got loads of characters. Neca could mine it just like Mcfarlane is mining The Walking Dead. I think Dark Horse is the first to make figures based on GoT but honestly they are just statues (no artic... read more

JoeRhyno

2013-10-17
4:57 pm

There are "figures" coming out already from another company.. so I doubt it. If they were to pursue the license, I'm sure it'd have to be for a different scale, like 18" or something.

Nguyen_Dragon

2013-10-17
3:57 pm

[quote name='JayC' timestamp='1382018836' post='16802912']
They would have to get Clint Eastwood Likeness rights for each movie, I don't know if they can or not but doubt it would be profitable enough form them to try. Same probably holds true for Bruce Willis, they woul... read more

JayC

2013-10-17
2:07 pm

They would have to get Clint Eastwood Likeness rights for each movie, I don't know if they can or not but doubt it would be profitable enough form them to try. Same probably holds true for Bruce Willis, they would probably have to go back an re-get his likeness rights to do any kind of new Die H... read more

nonameshmo30

2013-10-17
5:43 am

Two questions i wish some one would ask is
Can they ever or would they ever go back and redo any figures? Like redo there die hard ith better artic and better face sculpt. Or any of there mostly statue type figures.
My other question is could they ever make a clint eastwood from any of his mov... read more

JayC

2013-10-16
10:50 am

The replay is up so anyone who missed it can catch the whole thing. It was a great episode and Randy shared some really interesting info about the inner workings of the toy industry as well as talking about cool things NECA is working on. If you have ever wondered why companies do things like put ou... read more

JoeRhyno

2013-10-16
2:29 am

Awesome show.. I missed the first part of it, but man, the last part with it was the best.. EVER!!! ESPECIALLY THE CALLERS CALLING IN!!!!